em1994
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Hi, Im new to this forum. Im looking to meet other people who are ttc, as Im finding the process a bit lonely. Im 24 and DH will be 36 this month. We each have a child from a previous relationship - neither were planned.
I was 16 when I was pregnant with my son. As much as I love him, the situation was very difficult and so I wanted to wait until things were completely stable until having a second child.
It now feels like the right time for us to have a child together and were struggling to conceive. DH was diagnosed with a varicocele at the beginning of this year and had an embolisation in August. One consultant informed us that the varicocele could affect fertility, and that his fertility could improve 3-12 months after the procedure. Another said there was no link. Ive seen a lot of links online between varicoceles and secondary fertility. We had not had any fertility tests at before the embolisation as we had not been ttc for a year.
Now it has been 13 months. For the first time since we ttc, I got a positive pregnancy test at the weekend. I did 5 more with different brands just to be positive. All showed I was pregnant but the ones I did yesterday seemed fainter. Then I did another one this morning and it was negative. I started bleeding shortly after. I think it was a chemical pregnancy.
I was so excited to see my first positives, so its been quite hard coming down from that.
We have been having tests at the infertility clinic - my day 2-5 tests show LH of 6.1 and FSH of 8.6. I dont know if thats high for my age? Testosterone and prolactin are also normal + thyroid. DH had a semen analysis in September showing abnormal motility and morphology. They said they have seen a lot lower results and said we may be able to conceive naturally.
It would just be so nice to speak to anyone who is going through a similar thing, as none of our friends know about any of this. I hate it when people ask if we are planning on having another one or if they say I thought youd be pregnant by now.
Im trying to cling on to the thought that this chemical is a step in the right direction. I would love to hear more about other peoples experiences.
Em x
I was 16 when I was pregnant with my son. As much as I love him, the situation was very difficult and so I wanted to wait until things were completely stable until having a second child.
It now feels like the right time for us to have a child together and were struggling to conceive. DH was diagnosed with a varicocele at the beginning of this year and had an embolisation in August. One consultant informed us that the varicocele could affect fertility, and that his fertility could improve 3-12 months after the procedure. Another said there was no link. Ive seen a lot of links online between varicoceles and secondary fertility. We had not had any fertility tests at before the embolisation as we had not been ttc for a year.
Now it has been 13 months. For the first time since we ttc, I got a positive pregnancy test at the weekend. I did 5 more with different brands just to be positive. All showed I was pregnant but the ones I did yesterday seemed fainter. Then I did another one this morning and it was negative. I started bleeding shortly after. I think it was a chemical pregnancy.
I was so excited to see my first positives, so its been quite hard coming down from that.
We have been having tests at the infertility clinic - my day 2-5 tests show LH of 6.1 and FSH of 8.6. I dont know if thats high for my age? Testosterone and prolactin are also normal + thyroid. DH had a semen analysis in September showing abnormal motility and morphology. They said they have seen a lot lower results and said we may be able to conceive naturally.
It would just be so nice to speak to anyone who is going through a similar thing, as none of our friends know about any of this. I hate it when people ask if we are planning on having another one or if they say I thought youd be pregnant by now.
Im trying to cling on to the thought that this chemical is a step in the right direction. I would love to hear more about other peoples experiences.
Em x
